A TAIWANESE man with a record of involvement in fraud and human trafficking in his home country was found murdered with his hands and feet tied up at a hotel on Udomsuk road (Sukhumvit Soi 103) late this morning (Nov. 16), Sanook.com said. A Bangna police station team rushed to investigate and found out
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Panel to probe 1,500 state projects ex-village headman obtained
A COMMITTEE is being set up to investigate over 1,500 state projects worth more than 7.5 billion baht that a former village headman who has been arrested after a policeman was shot dead at a party in his house obtained, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Sep. 14). Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen.
Read more‘Big Joke’: Village headman won’t get off the hook
Updated DEPUTY National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big Joke, said after meeting Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin today (Sep. 10) that a former village headman arrested over the murder of a policeman at party in his house will not walk free as there is strong evidence against him with the surveillance
Read moreUpdate: 4 policemen face arrest in colleague’s murder
A HIGH-RANKING police officer said this afternoon (Sep. 9) that forensic examination of the pistol used to kill a policeman at a party in a former village headman’s house in Nakhon Pathom showed it is a police weapon and four police officers who were among several others who attended the event face arrest, Amarin
Read moreChinese man brutally murdered in Rayong
RAYONG police are investigating the brutal murder of a Chinese man whose body was found in a pond by his friends who work at a factory in this eastern coastal province, Matichon newspaper said this morning (Aug. 11). At midnight last night Pluak Daeng police station was alerted of a dead body dumped in
Read moreDaughter-in-law burned alive by drunk father-in-law
A DRUNKEN man first slashed both his daughter-in-law’s legs then locked the house and set it on fire where she burned to death in Nakhon Si Thammarat province this afternoon (June 8), Thai Rath newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Col. Montree Wannakong, an investigator at Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat station, together with other policemen, a
Read moreMan arrested on suspicion of killing girlfriend at resort
A USED car dealer was arrested on suspicion of killing his girlfriend at a resort in Buriram after police tracked him down to another resort in this northeastern province, Matichon newspaper said today (May 26). Upon being arrested Mr. Pramuan (surname withheld), 47, confessed to having beaten his girlfriend, Ms. Chularat, or Or, 21,
Read more‘Big Joke’: Cyanide killings suspect a heavy online gambler
POLICE tracing the financial activity of cyanide serial killings suspect Ms. Sararat Rangsiwutthaporn, or Am, found out that she gambled as much as 10 million baht a day at online casinos with the owners of these casinos to be arrested soon, Amarin TV said today (May 19). Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Surachate
Read moreUpdate: Killer cop’s accomplice caught in Phang Nga
THE accomplice of a policeman who killed his father-in-law and two other relatives at their house in Surat Thani on Saturday evening (Apr. 8) with his wife, son and brother also now dead has been arrested in Phang Nga, Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon (Apr. 10). National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittipraphat
Read morePolice search luxury housing estate dominated by grey capitalist gang
A POLICE team armed with a search warrant inspected a luxury housing estate in Soi Lasalle after it was discovered that most of these large houses belong to people in the network of Chinese grey capitalist Mr. Chaiyanat Kornchaiyanana, alias Tu Hao, who was earlier arrested on drug charges, Sanook.com said this afternoon (Nov.
Read moreChonburi deputy police chief transferred over proxy suspects
CHONBURI’S Deputy Police Chief was transferred to the provincial headquarters pending investigation into charges of accepting one million baht bribe to help the real suspects in a crime case escape and allow two proxies to face the charges in their place, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (Oct. 31). Deputy National Police Chief Pol.
Read morePoliceman suspected of selling data to call centre suspended
A POLICEMAN who holds the rank of police lieutenant colonel and is suspected to have together with a Commerce Ministry official sold information of over a thousand Thai citizens to a criminal call centre gang has been suspended while an investigation takes place, Matichon newspaper said today (Oct. 29). Pol. Lt. Gen. Thanayut. Wutthijarathamrong,
Read moreBusinessman shot dead outside Khon Kaen Airport
A MOBILE PHONE businessman was shot dead on the road at the entrance of Khon Kaen Airport before dawn today (Oct. 9) after having driven there in his car to hold talks with two other men who had come in a separate car, Matichon newspaper said. He was identified as Mr. Phanom Thipratanamongkol, 40,
Read moreWoman biker dies while chasing gold chain snatcher
THE heartbroken daughter of a woman who died in Sisaket province this week after her motorcycle hit the fence of a house upon losing balance while chasing another biker who had just snatched her gold chain urged police to quickly arrest the culprit, Matichon newspaper said today (July 22). Ms. Nattaya Pongket, 28, said
Read moreDriver slashed across the face by jealous husband
A CONSTRUCTION company’s driver who asked to shower a grocery store’s bathroom was slashed across his face by a jealous husband who mistook him for his wife’s lover, Amarin TV said today (Dec. 21). At 8 p.m. last night Sawang Chanyatham Rescue Service in Buriram province was alerted of a man being severely slashed
Read moreChinese gangsters injure 2 policemen in Chonburi shooting
A CHINESE gang shot and wounded two transnational crime unit police officers who had gone to their luxury house in Chonburi province with a search warrant to inspect it this afternoon (May 19), TV Channel 7 said. Led by Pol. Maj. Gen. Thiti Sangsawang, acting head of Chonburi police, and accompanied by tourist, immigration and
Read moreKidnapped Chinese businesswoman rescued, gang arrested
METROPOLITAN Police busted a Thai-Chinese kidnap gang who had abducted a Chinese businesswoman for 15 million baht ransom in downtown Sukhumvit area, INN News and Sanook.com reported this morning (Dec. 9, 2020). The Women’s and Children’s Welfare Division at the Metropolitan police headquarters had been informed by this woman’s friend that she was kidnapped in
Read moreYoung woman kills elderly beautician over bad hair cut
PHITSANOLOK police have arrested a young woman on the charges of killing an elderly beautician by slashing her throat after a fierce row over what she perceived to be a bad haircut yesterday, Sanook.com reported today (Sept, 4, 2020) . Pol. Col Phakphum Prapsiphum, head of Mueang Phitsanulok police station, went to the house cum
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